Emergency planning

What we do

We have a legal duty to make sure that we cope well with any emergency or disruption.

Working in partnership with agencies such as Police Scotland, Scottish Fire and
Rescue
Service, Scottish Ambulance Service, National Health Service and the Voluntary Sector,
we are always developing, testing and reviewing our emergency plans.

Our aim is to raise awareness of hazards and threats and protect local people and
the environment from them as best we can.

We work closely with community councils to help our local communities prepare for,
respond to and recover from emergencies. For more information on how your community
can prepare for emergencies, please visit
Ready Scotland.

Testing our plans

Testing our emergency plans involves a process known as ‘exercising’. Legally, our
plans must be tested frequently to make sure they are effective in the event of
an emergency or disruption.

Exercising plans allows us to train with our multi agency partners, test new procedures
and make changes to plans if needed.

Emergency response procedures

Our emergency procedures allow us to respond to situations while continuing to deliver
our day-to-day services.

The procedures focus on the effects of an incident rather than the cause. In order
to lessen the effects of an emergency on people, property and the environment, our
plans are flexible and can be adapted to allow us, and our partners, to respond
effectively to a range of situations.

If you would like to find out more about emergency planning in the Falkirk Council
area, please contact us: